HEAD – Should rise perpendicularly from the root of the beak and be large, broad, lofty and round; short as possible from front to back; also well muffed; i.e., the feathers under the eye and lower jaw should be full and curved a little upwards.
BEAK – Short, fine, straight and pointed. Wattle small and fine in texture.
EYE – Silvery or pearl coloured, large, bold, bright and prominent, placed well back and low down in head. Eye cere very fine.
NECK – Short, broad at base, tapering from shoulder to junction of beak (gullet) and well arched.
FLIGHTS AND TAIL – Short, proportionate and well set. Flights carried below tail.
LEGS – Short.
FORM – Compact and plump. Chest as broad as possible.
CARRIAGE – Erect, active and dignified; head thrown well back to a line perpendicular with the feet; rump slightly raised, and to walk on tips of toes when showing or playing up.
SIZE – As small as possible.
COLOURS
ALMOND – The ground colour should be deep, rich, sound yellow, rump and thighs same color as shoulders, evenly spangled with rich black. The flights and tail feathers should show the three distinct colours – viz., yellow, black and white – which should be in patches and clearly defined. The colour of the beak should be flesh coloured.
KITE – Should be black with more or less of a reddish or yellowish bronze in the feather; they may be almost pure black or of a rich bronze.
DUN – A clear dun all over, with or without a yellow frostiness or luster on neck hackle – this is golden dun and is to be preferred.
AGATE – No fixed marking. Colours red, yellow and deroy. The latter is a rich reddish yellow – almost orange, but behave differently from red or yellow genetically. More or less white intermixed. Flights and tail should appear solid in colour.
WHOLE FEATHER AGATE – Colours as for Agate, but appear as self coloured. The quills of feathers, however, are of a much lighter shade and will be almost white at base.
MOTTLE – Whole coloured with the exception of about a dozen white feathers on the shoulders – evenly distributed in the form of a rose – the same on back, “V” shaped.
SELF OR WHOLE FEATHER – In red, yellow or black. Colour solid to root of quill and as rich as possible.
BALDHEAD – The head should be white above a line running about one eighth of an inch under the eyes, and this line should be sharp and curving slightly towards the back of the head. Body, breast and neck coloured; belly, thighs, tail and the ten primary flight feathers white. The beak should be flesh coloured for all colours.
BEARD – The whole bird coloured except a crescent-shaped patch of white below the beak, the horns of which should extend only to the front of the eye. Stockings, flight and tail feathers white. The beak of reds, yellows and silvers should be flesh coloured. The upper mandible of blues and blacks should be black, the under one flesh coloured.